Dolphin Carnival!

呢排中華白海豚再一次俾左surprise我!!

話說我地如常係west同northwest Lantau做boat survey, 一開始已經勁多sightings. 但係好戲在後頭, 十幾又十幾條ge白海豚相繼出現, 而且仲要係超近距離到我地不斷係度做acoustic, 個情竟就好似我地先至係被observe ge subject, 白海豚用breaching包圍左我地!什至果d俾breaching撻死ge小魚伸手可及. 我地相機ge SD card都差唔多用曬, Samuel更跑去船頭同佢ge老朋友會合, 我都拍左好多video

算一算, 今日合計ge best group size estimation達到86!!!可以話果日係香港水域ge大部分海豚我地都見到了:)

希望遲d有機會見到神秘ge江豚!!

實習．實踐

Hello!! 我係HKDCS嘅新intern亞龍! 我岩岩係UST Biology畢業. 之前係FYP有機會初次體驗自己嘅理想--conservation research, 但係始終UST冇專門研究conservation嘅prof, 所以這次係HKDCS internship才真正是實踐自己的夢想吧!!!

係香港呢個國際金融城市, 要做一份自己喜愛嘅Bio職業, 真的談何容易? Bio畢業嘅同學好多都要做一d唔係自己興趣/唔關major事嘅工, 我卻決定係其他人積極揾緊工嘅時候, 先到環團實習, 就是想在不可知的career path先以自己興趣full time工作, 也可以更了解將來方向.

在HKDCS的日子已超過1個月, 我可以說我沒有做錯決定. 由細到大, 我最鍾意嘅生物係海水魚 (FYP就是做marine fish嘅conservation), 跟HKDCS嘅dolphin research關係不大, 這可能是因為平常生活較少接觸海豚的關係吧. 但係這段internship期間, 隨著不斷有機會出海親身見到海豚, 加上從不同渠道加深了對海豚嘅知識, 我對海豚嘅興趣同愛護之情也大大增加了. 而家每次出海做survey, 我都有渴望想見到佢地. 雖然唔係每一次都可以係距離research veseel近嘅地方發現d海豚. 但係根據我呢一個月以黎嘅經歷, 好多時海豚係近距離被發現嘅話, 唔駛一陣間, 就會出現其他海豚. 情形就好似佢地自動同我地打招呼之餘仲叫埋其他朋友出黎甘, 加上佢地好奇嘅天性, 令我知道海豚真係一種有高度智慧嘅生物!

雖然我仲未能夠好似其他staff甘認得每條individual, 但係我都想同佢地建立呢種好似朋友甘嘅關係. 希望黎緊嘅日子有呢種緣份la!

nekky's intership life @2011=]

大家一定會想，實習的生活一定會經常出海，那就自不然是很寫意的。

在這個暑假中，我在香港海豚保育學會實習了300多小時，當中學到的東西有多很多，有令我轉變了的,也有我畢生受用的。

於觀念上，在香港海豚保育學會實習之前，我以為在香港水域的中華白海豚一直都生活得很好，生活在沒甚麼威脅的環境。閒時市民坐船出海近距離觀看，甚至伸手摸摸牠們，就是”親親大自然”，但在實習之後，我就明白到原來有很多人為活動又或者是一些香港的基建項目會影響海豚生活，例如一些觀豚船隻高速駛近海豚圍觀、香港國際機場第3條跑道的興建。我明白到原來我的生活中，所接觸到對中華白海豚保育的知識十分缺乏。

於保育技巧上，一星期內我差不多4天出海的時間，讓我掌握到以望遠鏡觀察及紀錄資料的技巧；在香港劃分了的9個水域行transect line及其後的資料處理，令我學懂如何取得物種的數據，進行分析；land-base 的考察中，讓我學懂如何使用儀器theodolite ，準確地讓我們取得海豚的活動路線，以分析人為活動對海豚的影響；acoustic 儀器的使用，讓我知道更多香港水底的嘈音對海豚影響的重要性。

於對外發佈訊息上，學會主席Dr. Samuel Hung在政府興建第三條跑道的問題上發佈過記者招待會，這令我學習到一個非政府的環保機構如何對公眾發佈消息，以及如引起公眾及社會關注；在今年的書展及潛水展覽當中，我學懂了如何向公眾宣揚保育海豚的訊息，以及發現不來有很多市民都很願意為保護環境、保護海豚出一分力；於不同小學中進行講座，令我學得如何教育小朋友保護海豚及明白教育下一代的重要性。

大家還會不會想，出海做海豚考察是很”soft”呢?

其實是要肩負很重要的責任的。

除了以上的種種，學會所收集的數據也會向政府呈交報告，每次想到這點我就會緊張起來，因為我覺得的工作更加是不容有失，但有時這反而令我弄巧反拙，不過當我又想到這是為香港的海豚出一分力時，這卻令自己起了一份熱忱來繼續努力工作，還有我也學到了大量鯨豚的知識，這一切都令我過了一個既充實，又有意義，又有益的實習生活。

Nekky =]

Paul's Word

This is Paul. I hope everyone has read my previous post on the blog. I have recently finished my internship with HKDCS during my summer holiday. The work which i did gave me a strong indication of such a field in my future is possible with the support of relevant course as well as everlasting keen interest on our lovely planet. Working with the dolphin gave me a wider prospective in knowing what has happen, what is happening and what will be happening among our dolphin living so close to us as a neighbour in our community.

The monitoring work gives a clear sense of the current situation of how dolphin is actively situated in our water. The work does not only tells us about dolphin but the everlasting problem associated with dolphin's habitat. It can also act as a part of an indicator towards our food web so that problem related to dolphin are be identified thoroughly through our long term monitoring scheme. Apart from that, this was raise my awareness towards protecting these organisms in a way that we as a human can live happily but at the same time to share our community with them because they also have the right to be here living, staying and exploiting resources.

I am happy to see our lovely dolphin thorughout my summer time. This has been an astonishing moment for me to meet relevant friends and people among HKDCS. These people not just protect our animal but they are willing to work with them because they truly believe in these animal so that they deserve a place in our community to stay.

I commit myself to protect these animal because they deserve a place to live among us!

我的快樂Summer Intern@HKDCS

我既Summer Intern終於都完結...呢兩個幾月係HKDCS做INTERN既體會同得著實在太多!

令 我對鯨豚特別係我地香港既中華白海豚同江豚有更深既了解~對香港地理了解多左~對香港既基建發展都多左了解~出海出海出海~~多過我呢一世仔未做 INTERN前出海既時間~~出海同做LAND-BASE 令我黑左好多~~黑到阿媽同美琪成日話我~~令我有機會去好多從來未去過既地方~~石壁~大澳~深屈~分流~大鴉洲~等等等等~~人生第一次參加大型既展 覽會~~做EXHIBITOR~~第一次去書展~~仲要係做參展商~~令我接觸到廣大市民~了解到唔到人對海豚保肓~環境保護等既睇法~~令我認識自己多 一點~~知道自己有咩不足既地方~~唔夠主動~~學野比較慢~~閱歷少~~寫字真係唔清唔楚...... : (

仲有!!!從海豚媽媽CH34睇到既母愛~~讓我深深體會到海豚既智慧係可等既高~~!同埋愛係無分物種既~~唔係我地人類獨有既特點~~我被呢份愛深深感動! ! !

更 重要既係~~認識到一班愛海豚~~愛自然~~愛香港既朋友~~係呢到~~我一定要多謝~~Samuel, Vincent, Perry, Ka Ying 你地包容, 耐性, 幫助同埋鼓勵 : )仲有阿Paul, Sylvia, 阿良同埋Dr. John Wang( 佢真係好勁!) 仲有仲有吳生~~好多謝你記得我個名~~仲講得岩~~阿謀~~好感動呀!!>< &吳太~~個次見到你聽到海豚聲後興奮既表現~~真係覺得你好似小朋友一樣咁可愛! ! ! : )仲仲有Mahler, 阿驅, Lucas, 阿金同埋一班香港自然探索學會既朋友~~雖然對你地認識唔深~~甚至可能連名都唔記得~~但係係書展同你地一齊努力既時光真係真係好快樂! ! !

講 左咁耐~~係時候到阿龍啦!世界真細少少少~~竟然俾我同你呢個失去聯絡差唔多十年既小學老友係HKDCS重遇, 成為INTERN PARTNER~~只能夠用兩個字形容! 奇妙! ! ! ! !同你係呢兩個幾月並肩作戰~~一齊TRIANING~~一齊做錯野~~放工一齊搵野食~~一齊哎肚餓~~早餐一齊食小學雞壽司~~兩個人食三個波仔 HAHA~~真係好開心! ! ! 多謝你! ! ! 阿龍!

最後想講~~雖然Intern完左~~但係唔代表我同HKDCS既關係完左~~日後有咩需要我既地方! 我都好願意參與架! ! !知道大家最近都為發生係香港發生係海豚身上既唔同事件而煩惱! ! !我只想講~~We work as a team! ! ! 再借利記既一句口號~"You'll never walk alone!" 我會盡我能力將呢兩個幾月所學, 所見, 所聽到既事實同真相~~從我身邊既人開始宣揚出去! !

咁多位朋友~~大家一齊加油! ! ! : )

We love dolphins!

It is right to protect our animals living on this planet before they become endanger and eventually become extinct. By knowing more about these animals, in this case the indo-pacific dolphins allows me to have a greater vision of how they exist in our planet as well as i could see clearly with my own eyes that majority of human development has cause massive damage to their surrounding environment and also towards their own health.

I hope to see them again and hope that our future generation has the opportunity to see it with their own eyes.

HKDCS@Hong Kong Book Fair 2011

HKDCS and SHKNE had held a booth in the Hong Kong Book Fair 2011 during 20/7 to 26/7. It was an interesting experience to me. It was my first time visiting Hong Kong Book Fair, I acted not only simply a visitor but also an exhibito and I passed my birthday there on the first day of the book fair. I never went to the book fair because I thought that the book fair must be crowded with people and boring. In fact, it really crowded with so many visitors but it's interesting because there are many types of books. I bought several books and I hope I can finishing reading them this summer.

The HK Book Fair provided me another chance to face the public. Different from the DRT Expo, it was not just introducing some conservation issues to the public, but in main focus, selling books to the visitors. (Of course the reason behind selling these books is also to promote environemtnal conservation to the public.) I was not only simply a visitor but I was also a salesperson. It was my first time to be a salesperson so I didn't know how to get start selling books to the visitors. I observed other salespersons like Vincent and Nekky and practiced so that I became more comfortable and initiative to talk to the visitors. The feeling of success when the visitors decided to buy books after I convinced them was so great. I knew my book selling skill was not good enough and I was not initiative enough. But I thought I had made improvement compared to DRT Expo. And I saw the importance of initiative from two top salesperson of our booth, Mr. Lau and Perry. I really need to learn from them.

Although being an exhibitor in the book fair was quite exhausting, I still enjoyed it. And I felt upset when it came to the end of the book fair. I would like to thanks everyone participating in our booth at the book fair for giving me such a great experience.


SHKNE's booth@Hong Kong Book Fair 2011












Top salesperson, Mr. Lau and his audiences.












Visitors were voicing out their concern by leaving their comments on our big banner.












Group Photo: Thank you all! I really enjoy to this week!











There are two weeks left for my intern. The coming week will be an exciting week because we will be full of manpower so that we will be divided into two team work on boat survey and land-based theodolite tracking. And we will have the boat survey in China Zhuhai on the last week. I am looking forward to sharing with you my feeling and experience in the coming two weeks! See you!